CANA just celebrated its 35th birthday last month and has been a force on neighborhood and quality-of-life issues in the city for pretty much all of that time. For a fuller background, check out former TU reporter Kate Gurnett’s story about the group’s 30th birthday.

Anyway. CANA meets monthly at 7 p.m. in the large meeting room at the Albany Public Library’s main branch at 161 Washington Ave.

This month’s meeting — Wednesday — features a presentation by police Chief Steven Krokoff. Next month, on Dec. 7, city Treasurer Kathy Sheehan is scheduled to speak.

You don’t need to be a member or active in your neighborhood association to go. But if you want to become active, you can find out which association you live in right here.